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28 May 2024

Expect increasing action from safety regulators on managing psychosocial health

Employers take heed. The new head of SafeWork Australia, Marie Boland, in recently releasing the latest SWA report into ...

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08 May 2024

$400,000+ fine and costs to worker who experience sexualised and aggressive behaviour

A recent NSW district court decision (SafeWork NSW v Marist Youth Care Limited [2024] NSWDC 74) has imposed fines and co...

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03 May 2024

Managing performance isn’t bullying . . . Provided it is reasonable

A recent FWC case (Application by Josh Whiteford [2024] FWC 552) has once again endorsed the position that managers carr...

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29 April 2024

Higher bar for genuine redundancies set

The Full Federal Court (Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley [2024] FCAFC 45) has recently found that employers have an ob...

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07 February 2024

Bully or Exasperated Manager acting reasonably?

The FWC (Momirovski, Douglas, Serafini, Naumcevski and Egan [2023] FWC 3299) has recently refused to make stop bullying ...

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12 December 2023

You can terminate employment for not meeting reasonable KPIs

FWC has confirmed the long held understanding that failing to meet reasonable KPIs will be a valid reason for dismissal ...

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31 October 2023

What psychosocial hazard is ‘trending’ at the moment?

Unsafe job demands, according to Comcare’s National Regulatory Program Director, are the most common psychosocial hazard...

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15 May 2023

Should managing performance be stressful?

In rejecting an employee’s claim for psychological injury from a reasonable performance assessment process, a recent Adm...

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